Homona salaconis

Homona salaconis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Homona
Species:	H. salaconis
Binomial name
Homona salaconis (Meyrick, 1912) [1]
Synonyms
Cacoecia salaconisMeyrick, 1912 Archips salaconisDiakonoff, 1967 Homona amphigonaMeyrick, 1936 Cacoecia spilotomaMeyrick, 1921 Cacoecia xanthochromaWileman & Stringer, 1929

Homona salaconis is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae that was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. ^[2] It is found in the Philippines and Indonesia (Seram, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Western New Guinea). The habitat consists of cultivated areas and lowland forests. ^[3]

The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis , Theobroma cacao and Solanum species. ^[4]

References

1. Tortricid.net
2. Miller, Scott E.; Helgen, Lauren E.; Hebert, Paul D. N. (2010). "Clarification of the identity of Homona salaconis (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". ISSN   1755-098X.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Razowski, Józef (December 2013). "An assessment of the Tortricid (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) fauna of Seram Island, Indonesia" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 56 (2): 29–89. doi:10.3409/azc.56_2.29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-29 – via Internet Archive.
4. Tortricidae Food Plant Database